Chapter 1267 - Establishment of a Bank and Issuance of Banknotes (1)

The ceremony of worshiping heaven and earth is over, and the court officials are also stepping up their equipment, but what puzzles Zhu Xianxuan and others is that the emperor is very pressurized on the establishment of officials, on the other hand, he is preparing to start the imperial examination in the second half of the year. Judging from the current actual situation, even the civil and military ministers left over from the Ming Dynasty cannot all be arranged in place.

Zhu Xianxuan ignored the biggest thing, that is, the establishment of the bank, which was responsible for him and Su Tianhao, the head of the household department, to say that the relationship between the two and Su Tiancheng was incomparable to other civil and military ministers, after all, the blood relationship here could not be erased.

The eighth day of April.

After the ceremony of worshiping heaven and earth, the court rested for two days, after all, after entering the capital, everyone was too busy and had almost no time to rest, plus the court had just moved to the capital, and there were too many things to deal with.

After the rest, the morning court began immediately.

Regarding the arrangement of the early dynasty, the Jin court also has a great difference from the Ming court, the prime minister, the imperial envoy of the Imperial Court and the six Shangshu, which must participate in the early dynasty, in addition to the addition of the six left and right servants, Dali Siqing, the original Ming court all the six departments were directly abolished, that is, the Jin court did not exist six departments to give this position in the matter, all the supervision power, are owned by the Imperial Procuratorate, in addition to the emperor abolished all the power of the eunuchs, the original so-called Bingbi eunuch and palm print eunuch, etc., Naturally, it doesn't exist. This means that the inner court is completely non-existent.

As for the other officials, if there is a need, someone will naturally notify them to rush to the Qianqing Palace.

In this way, there are a lot fewer people participating in the early dynasty, which reduces the suffering of the Beijing officials, and there is no need to get up before dawn to participate in the so-called early dynasty, this situation of the early dynasty. It has long been regarded as a huge waste by Su Tiancheng, and the officials above the fourth grade in the capital have come to the Qianqing Palace, and many things are not involved at all, and many Beijing officials who participated in the early dynasty are also standing dumbly.

The early dynasty of the Great Jin Dynasty was equivalent to the small dynasty of the previous Ming Dynasty, that is, the form in which the cabinet and the emperor discussed things.

This saves a lot of time. It also saves a lot of unnecessary etiquette, the early dynasty is the focus of discussing things, as for major matters, you can discuss with many prime ministers after the early dynasty.

At the end of the day, Su Tiancheng appeared in the Qianqing Palace on time.

Before Zhu Xianxuan began to report the matter, Su Tiancheng spoke directly.

"Today's morning, the rest of the things don't need to be discussed. I've said it a long time ago, ordinary matters. You don't need to be here to discuss, otherwise you Aiqing don't need to use your brains, it's all me who thinks, you have been following me for a long time, and you should know my habits, unless it is a major matter involving the imperial court. Major expenditures, the appointment and dismissal of officials above the third rank, including the appointment and dismissal of some prefects, and the rest of the matters can be decided by the prime minister, the imperial envoy and the six Shangshu after consultation. In the early days, the situation was reported, and if there was no objection, it was directly implemented. ”

Zhu Xianxuan paused for a moment and looked at Su Tiancheng. His pressure is too great, the emperor has indeed achieved the use of people without suspicion, many big things, he and Yang Sichang, Fan Jingwen, Zhang Pu and others discussed and decided, which is impossible to imagine in the Ming Dynasty, at least the emperor has to worry about being hollowed out, but power means responsibility, Zhu Xianxuan has almost no time to rest, that is, two days of rest, and there are too many officials in the mansion. Don't say that he Zhu Xianxuan, the rest of the prime ministers are the same, even Hong Chengchou, who is in charge of the army, and Qu Qingze, who is in charge of the criminal department, are too busy to get through, on the contrary, look at the emperor, you can't see that you are tired at all.

This is fate, there is no way.

Zhu Xianxuan needs to report the things, there are really not a lot of big things, to say that this period of time has passed, a lot of big things have been busy, there is no big thing to deal with for the time being, after the conquest of the Golden Tartar is probably the biggest thing, but Liaodong is still in the process of stability, the military department Shangshu, the governor Lu Xiangsheng has already represented the imperial court, directly to Liaodong, the purpose is to integrate the Liaodong border army, remove the redundant sergeants, and at the same time deploy the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion to be stationed in Liaodong. Judging from this situation, I am afraid that there will be no expedition to the Houjin Tartar for a while, and the silver in the treasury is not enough to support it.

Seeing Zhu Xianxuan's expression, Su Tiancheng knew that there was no big thing to discuss, he needed to bring up the matter of establishing a bank and issuing banknotes again, in fact, this is the most important matter that Su Tiancheng thinks, but he has not been able to get the attention of Zhu Xianxuan, Yang Sichang and Fan Wencheng and others, probably they still don't know the real role of the bank, thinking that it is similar to the money bank founded by Shangjia.

"What are the preparations for the establishment of a bank and the unified issuance of banknotes?"

This question was thrown to Zhu Xianxuan, in fact, Su Tiancheng knew that everyone had not considered this matter yet, because the canonization of the crown prince and the ceremony of worshiping heaven and earth could not consider these major matters for the time being.

Zhu Xianxuan's face turned a little red, he really hadn't seriously considered it, he and Su Tianhao were directly responsible for the unified issuance of banknotes, but such a thing was too difficult, in the early days of the establishment of the dynasty, it was not appropriate to consider such a thing.

"Your Majesty, the minister was busy with other things during this time, and he had not had time to consider the issue of paper money, and the minister also believed that at the beginning of the establishment of the dynasty, stability was the mainstay, and the premature issuance of paper money may have a great impact on the imperial court."

Su Tiancheng stood up and walked down the steps.

"I know that you don't understand, there are a lot of truths contained in this, the unified issuance of paper money, in fact, is of great benefit to the imperial court, there are many similar things in history, but basically failed, and even shook the rule of the dynasty, Lord Zhu just said, the Great Jin Dynasty has just been established, and suddenly doing such a big thing, I am afraid it will affect the stability of the imperial court, this consideration is expected, there is nothing strange."

"I have already said that in the future court meeting, if you have any ideas to say directly, even if you point to my nose to speak, I will not care, although you did not speak, but I think that you are probably also thinking that the unified issuance of paper money by the imperial court will face huge risks."

"The truth in this, I briefly say, the unified issuance of paper money, is a double-edged sword, the control of the court is very large, if the indiscriminate issuance of paper money, led to the rise in the price of goods, the loss is the people, such a situation, the impact on the court is huge, and may even lead to the demise of the court, in addition, if the court does not have enough financial resources to support, the issuance of currency, will also encounter a lot of trouble, the people hold paper money in their hands, but can not buy goods, is not to rebel, Since it has been decided to issue paper money, it is necessary to see how much currency can be issued according to the actual situation of the imperial court, and to see when the amount of currency should be increased. ”

"The benefits of paper money, I need to emphasize that after the issuance of unified banknotes, it will be much more convenient for the people to travel and buy goods, which will have a huge impact on the people's clothing, food, housing and transportation."

"At the same time, the transactions between the countries of the Western Regions and our Great Jin Dynasty also need to be settled according to the paper money issued by our Great Jin Dynasty, that is to say, the price of goods transactions is controlled by the paper money of our Great Jin Dynasty." ……

Su Tiancheng said for a while, about the role of currency issuance, he can not fully explain, after all, he is not an expert in finance, it is impossible to fully understand the role of money, but the use of paper money is the general trend of social development, and as the most powerful dynasty, the Jin Dynasty can completely issue paper money to plunder the wealth of the world, whether it is gold and silver, or other commodities, all are settled in accordance with the paper money of the Great Jin Dynasty, which does not need to really use war to conquer and plunder.

Not to mention the bank, once the bank founded by the Jin Dynasty prospered, it is estimated that the gold, silver and jewelry of the whole world will be concentrated here, everyone wants to save their wealth in a reassuring place, another function of the bank, is to implement the paper money formulated by the Jin Dynasty in a unified manner, so that the paper money can be circulated in all parts of the world, and the wealth brought to the Jin Dynasty is huge.

Su Tiancheng believed that once the bank was established and paper money was issued in a unified manner, the huge role would be immediately manifested, and at that time, it would be difficult to accept these changes, and I am afraid that it would be the civil and military ministers in the Qianqing Palace.

After the emperor explained, everyone finally understood that the establishment of a bank and the unified issuance of paper money were things that had to be handled, and the emperor had already made up his mind and could not waver.

The topic of discussion quickly shifted to this aspect.

The crowd is divided into two factions, one faction is supportive, the number is pitiful, that is, Su Tianhao, the head of the household department, and Song Sijun, the right attendant of the household department, and can make some explanations, it is Song Sijun, as for the rest of the ministers of civil and military affairs, they are all opposed, or skeptical, they do not object, but they think that it is very difficult to roll it out in an all-round way, whether to set up a pilot project in Gyeonggi and Shandong, Nanjing and other places, if it is successful, it will be rolled out in an all-round way.

After all, Song Sijun was born as a businessman, and the emperor has repeatedly discussed the role of the bank and the role of the unified issuance of paper money, knowing that after these two points, the merchants of the Great Jin Dynasty will enter a new stage of development, and the benefits obtained by the imperial court from it will be huge, so it is fully supported, and does not agree with the establishment of a pilot, thinking that such a thing must be rolled out in an all-round way, and the difficulty of starting may be greater, but it is beneficial for the future.

(This book is planned to be completed at the end of May, the new book has been planned for a long time, and finally started to write, tentatively titled "Iron Blood Crossing", Ji Lu plan began to be uploaded in June, hoping to get great support from readers, and I also believe that the new book will be able to overcome many of the shortcomings of this book.) (To be continued......)